Eddie Marsan Quotes
When I think of character actors, I think of Spencer Tracy; I think of Gene Hackman, Robert Duvall. When I was a young lad watching films, my eyes were on them - watching 'On the Waterfront,' my eyes are on Rod Steiger and Karl Malden, not on Brando.
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I think whatever you have in your life, my opinion is that if you know that there's something wrong, you try to fix it.
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It sounds kind of stupid, but I've never not wanted to be a musician. It's been inside me since I was little so I don't know what else I would do.
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Meditation is a practice that is considered mainstream: The NFL uses it, the NBA uses it, heart patients use it. It's very easy to consider yourself a meditator and not be too alternative-minded.
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The people of the State of Texas consist principally of men, women, and children, with a sprinkling of cowboys. The weather is very good, thermometer rarely rising above 2,500 degrees in the shade and hardly ever below 212.
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In 1995, the Chinese government picked a 6-year-old child to succeed the Panchen Lama, the second highest figure in Tibetan Buddhism.
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For the traditional fantasies, a lot more of my research comes from reading rather than doing. I like my worlds to feel real, so I do a lot of world building research.
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I was a social worker for Baltimore families. Now I'm a social worker building opportunities for families throughout America.
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Luck can be assisted. It is not all chance with the wise.
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I want to serve chess through games, books that are works of art. I would like to bring the game closer to many people all over the world.
Garry Kasparov -
Man can never be a woman's equal in the spirit of selfless service with which nature has endowed her.
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Your true nature doesn't come out. So the gods let you do what you want because free will would be compromised if they showed up at the White House saying, 'Take us to your leader.'
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When you reach 50, what you care about is being honest, being accurate, and being an example.
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You can't always be in awe of someone's talent, living with them.
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I get the feeling that people from outside the world of contemporary art see it as deserving of mockery, in an emperor's-new-clothes sort of way. I think that's not right and that it's just because they don't understand the discourse.
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It's something that I do every year - every Ramadan to be exact - taking an 18-hour flight back home to Malaysia from Los Angeles. I'm born and raised in Malaysia, and Ramadan and Eid has always been my favorite time of the year.
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One puts off the biography like you put off death. To write an autobiography is to etch the words on your own gravestone.
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I look formidable.
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I feel like I should be more in touch with the nuances of this game.
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Religion is the opium of the masses.
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The only rule is don't be boring and dress cute wherever you go. Life is too short to blend in.
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I think there's a dishonorable tradition in Hollywood to give the idea, particularly to children, that evil characters are dark.
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Snake has been everything to me. Look at where I was when I started with the company in 1988 and where I'm at now. I mean, he's shown me just about everything on and off the race track.
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When poison becomes a habit, it ceases to injure: make your soul gradually acquainted with death.
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When I think of character actors, I think of Spencer Tracy; I think of Gene Hackman, Robert Duvall. When I was a young lad watching films, my eyes were on them - watching 'On the Waterfront,' my eyes are on Rod Steiger and Karl Malden, not on Brando.
